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Save $200 a Month on Fun Family Entertainment

Save $200 a Month on Fun Family Entertainment

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Yes, you can save $200 a month on family entertainment. Here's how: Billy Joel sang, “Honesty is such a lonely word.” And let’s be honest, as trendy as it is, extreme couponing is NOT for everyone. “Why,” you may ask? It’s…
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Busy Moms: Tips to Break Your Bad Spending Habits!

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Are your bad spending habits breaking your bank? You're not alone. Many busy moms share these mistakes. Time and money: the two commodities we never seem to have enough of. While we can’t help you with your time dilemma, we can help you…
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Estate Planning Basics for Blended Families

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With the high incidence of divorce, remarriage and children born outside of marriage, the “new normal” is being part of a blended family. Hopefully all the family members are important and loving parts of the new family and they are treated…
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Have Phone, Will Travel: Great Travel Apps for Your Smartphone

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There’s no need to hire a travel agent or spend hours on the internet planning your family vacation. Just as internet sites make travel planning easy, your smartphone allows you to make reservations, read reviews and find points of interest…
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Estate Planning for Young Couples

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Many young couples just starting out may have recently purchased their first home or had their first child. But apart from some home equity, a retirement account at work and a life insurance policy, they don’t have a lot of assets or investments.…
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5 Financial Myths Busted

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Most of us have bought into certain financial myths that we are about to bust for you! 1. A penny saved is a penny earned. Benjamin Franklin may have been spot-on back when he originally voiced those words, but today that certainly…
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3 Things You Should Do Now to Raise Your Credit Score

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Your credit history is almost as permanent as a tattoo—or maybe more so, as tattoos can be removed and credit histories can’t! Your credit history is a record of your debt, including mortgages, car loans, credit cards and other forms of…

Hopes Dashed for the Family of Avonte Oquendo

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Despite a citywide effort to find him and bring him home, 14 year old Avonte Oquendo will not be rejoining his family. Medical examiners have confirmed that his DNA matches that of body parts found last week along the East River shoreline. Read…
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Seriously, Maria Conchita Alonso?

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Seriously, Maria Conchita Alonso? You appear in a recent TV ad for anti-immigration, Tea Party hardliner Tim Donnelly, a California Assemblyman. You’re holding a chihuahua (seriously?) and translating Donnelly’s words to the Spanish-speaking…